By Daire Walsh

Meath manager Shane McCormack said it’s a great boost to have Vikki Wall back in the side, especially as there are so many new players in the squad.

The returning Wall, making her first start since a TG4 All-Ireland senior football championship quarter-final defeat to Kerry in July 2023, bagged 2-1 as Meath made it two wins from two in Division One of the Lidl NFL at Pairc Tailteann in Navan.

“It’s great to have Vikki back,” said McCormack. “She has been training extremely hard since Christmas. We played a couple of challenge matches, but she got her chance today and she took it. You can see that little bit of a lift, especially with the 14 new girls.

“She’s a super role model as well as a lot of the girls there today. It’s all positive and we’re looking forward to the Waterford game.

“A nine point win in the end is super, especially against a gale force wind in the second half. These girls never give up,” he added.

Mayo manager Liam McHale said his young team can learn a lot from games like these and he’s hoping they show that next weekend when they host Tyrone.

“I thought we did manage the game fairly well,” said the former All Star. “Everyone could see what we were trying to do in the first half. I’m disappointed that we gave away the first goal, but then we responded with a great goal ourselves.

“Second half then I think the closest we got was two, but we kicked some bad wides and some decision making wasn’t the best. We got punished then by Meath and that’s always going to happen at the highest level.”

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